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#8F8A5F

#8f8a5f ≈ Moss Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#8f8a5f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 54.12% green and 37.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.5% magenta, 33.57% yellow and 43.92% black. Its hue angle is 53.75°, with 20.17% saturation and 46.67% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Moss Green (#8a9a5b), ΔE 8.43.

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Relative luminance0.2484

Complementary

  1. #8f8a5f
  2. #5f648f

Split complementary

  1. #8f8a5f
  2. #5f7c8f
  3. #725f8f

Analogous

  1. #8f725f
  2. #8f8a5f
  3. #7c8f5f

Triadic

  1. #8f8a5f
  2. #5f8f8a
  3. #8a5f8f

Tetradic

  1. #8f8a5f
  2. #648f5f
  3. #5f648f
  4. #8a5f8f

Square

  1. #8f8a5f
  2. #5f8f72
  3. #5f648f
  4. #8f5f7c

Monochromatic

  1. #333122
  2. #615e40
  3. #8f8a5f
  4. #b1ad8a
  5. #d0cdb8

Shades

#8f8a5f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8f8a5f
  2. #817c56
  3. #726e4c
  4. #646143
  5. #565339
  6. #484530
  7. #393726
  8. #2b291d
  9. #1d1c13
  10. #0e0e0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#8f8a5f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8f8a5f
  2. #9a966f
  3. #a5a17f
  4. #b1ad8f
  5. #bcb99f
  6. #c7c5af
  7. #d2d0bf
  8. #dddccf
  9. #e9e8df
  10. #f4f3ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8f8a5f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8f8a5f
  2. #8e8962
  3. #8c8866
  4. #8b8769
  5. #89866c
  6. #888570
  7. #868473
  8. #858376
  9. #838279
  10. #82817d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b897a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92875c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #938a61 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96847f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91885d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #928a60 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #938773 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8f8a5f {
  color: #8f8a5f;
}
Background
.bg-8f8a5f {
  background-color: #8f8a5f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8f8a5f {
  border: 2px solid #8f8a5f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8f8a5f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 138 95;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 20% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8f8a5f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8f8a5f, #7c8f5f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8f8a5f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 138 95 / 0.35);
}

#8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.43 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.81 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 13.42 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 13.48 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 13.60 #6b8e23 Olive Drab ΔE 13.91 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 13.98 #7075a0 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Moss Green
#8f8a5f  rgb(143, 138, 95)  hsl(54, 20%, 47%)  Moss Green
#5f648f  rgb(95, 100, 143)  hsl(234, 20%, 47%)  Queen Blue
#5f8f8a  rgb(95, 143, 138)  hsl(174, 20%, 47%)  Cadet Blue
#8a5f8f  rgb(138, 95, 143)  hsl(294, 20%, 47%)  Deep Plum